Archive for December 31, 2011

Just hours away many of you will gather with friends and family or maybe just sit quietly as the New Year draws near. If among friends or in solitude “Auld Lang Syne” will cross your mind as the clock strikes midnight.

It’s a song that is sung every New Years Eve as we say good bye to the old and we welcome in the new but what does this song really mean?

The song was written by poet Robert Burns in Scotland around the late 1700’s. Many say the words are from an even earlier Scottish folk song sung at New Years speaking of friendship. The song soon became tradition in Scotland and as Scots immigrated to the United States this tradition continued.

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Politics 12/31/2011 12:01:00 PM

BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) — Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and Arab League Chief Nabil Al-Arabi discussed via phone the efforts on finding a solution to the political turmoil in Iraq within an Arab context.

A statement by Maliki’s office said Saturday that the Arab League Secretary General lauded Iraq on its efforts to resolve internal problems within the Arab context, adding that the league and Iraq would coordinate on the matter.

Iraqi politicians are continuing their efforts to resolve the turmoil in the country after a court order was issued to arrest Vice President Tareq Al-Hashimi on charges related to supporting terrorism.

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Saturday, 31 December 2011

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday that Iraq regained its health, economic and political security in a short period, while calling on Iraqis to take responsibility to enhance the legitimacy of national unity and the rejection of the differences and to accelerate the building of state institutions.

Said Nuri al-Maliki during a ceremony today to mark the end of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq that “the atheist and the thirtieth of December, which marks the end of the process of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq all the national day as a day of Iraq,” stressing that “Iraq is recovered politically, economically and security during the short period of time and in the presence of foreign troops on its territory. ” (more…)

MP for the coalition of state law, Ihsan Al-Awadi said U.S. President Barack Obama promised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Bagara necessary for the protection of overseas funds of Iraq after the end of the year.

He said Al-Awadi told all of Iraq [where] today, “al-Maliki during his recent visit to discuss the protection of Iraqi funds deposited outside the country of Iraq being indebted to many countries of the world due to the hostile policy of the former regime and there is fear from the control of the creditor countries on the money.” (more…)

BAGHDAD – “arenas of Liberation” Days before the expected visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a neighbor of his country’s south, said devices Kuwaiti Thursday it had dealt with the threat was received for the port project Mubarak Al-Kabeer and tied to the threat already launched by the group “Hezbollah” of Iraq months before the launch of rockets at the project site.

The newspaper “home” Kuwait on Friday that “the General Administration of Civil Defense, asked yesterday (Thursday) of the Fire Department to take all preparations after receiving a signal from the security services that it had received information on the planning of Iraqi groups to infiltrate the project in order to carry out a terrorist that was not bombed with missiles from Iraqi territory. ” The sources added that “on the basis of that information, the forces mobilized in the Ministry of Defense and was ready to deal with any emergency, taking that information into the serious and the Ministry of Interior with its information.” (more…)

Revealed the source of political, that the day of the parliament session will be the surprise inside Iraq if they continue to suspend the audience, through the presence of a large number of its members to the meeting.

The source said in a statement (of the Agency news) said on Saturday that the day of the parliamentary session encountered a third day of next month, will be a surprise inside the Iraqi List, in the event list has continued to suspend its work within the House and the Minister, through the presence of many members of Parliament, including the whole block for the next session. (more…)

Committee revealed the economy and investment representative, Saturday, for the weak purchasing power in the country in 2012, giving the reasons not to increase the salaries of employees, retirees and increase the budget Alchglah on investment in the budget in 2012.

The Ministry of Finance has announced that, beginning this month, the budget for 2012 will not see any increase on the salaries of employees or retirees to intercept the International Monetary Fund on this matter.

A member of the Committee of Economy and Investment Amer winner in an interview with ” Twilight News “that” increase the budget Alchglah caused the prevention of increased salaries of employees and retirees, and also lower investment budget will stop providing jobs for the unemployed, which will lead to the weak purchasing power in 2012, “explaining that” in If you do not enter the investing companies and investors to the country, will increase the unemployment rate within the community. ” (more…)

On: Sat 31/12/2011 11:54

Baghdad (news) .. Reasoned expert economic peace Sumaisem reasons for the high index of inflation in Iraq to increase the liquidity in the domestic market and the emergence of patterns of new consumer to the Iraqi citizens.

The Sumaisem in a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: that the reason for the increase rates of inflation in Iraq during the current period due to pump large amounts of cash into local markets through the distribution of loans and advances and salary increases, in addition to the existence of deficiencies in the local productive, ie, there is great demand for the goods against the limited offer in the market, this leads to increased rates of inflation in the Iraqi market. (more…)

31/12/2011

Yasser Mutawalli
hours the number of fingers and spin clockwise to turn the last page of the year 2011, which culminated in tangible successes against the results of a shy but hopeful and encouraging to move forward towards economic reform is required.

Renewed hope and consensus suggests that the year 2012 will be between Faisal went on stage and the stage hastily draw the desired path to overcome the economic challenges diagnosed paint a road map after the identified weaknesses. Combines most of the economists in the world that Iraq will emerge as the largest economic power, and these expectations loomed Ptbachireha in the headlines newspapers global economic quoted insights of experts and interested parties and stakeholders and their expectations for this role is expected. (more…)

31.12.2011 | (Voice of Iraq) Baghdad (news) warned a member of the Economic and MP / coalition in Iraq / Nora Salem from Iraq has been affected by the global recession that the economy unilaterally, citing the need to develop solutions to avoid them.

The Salem a statement to the Agency (news) on Saturday: It is likely that the world is experiencing economic crisis, new and be stronger than the previous and Iraq will be affected by being a certified Baaradath annual oil only, noting that the global economic crisis resulting from the low price of oil in the oil markets, global and this is what will affect the Iraqi economy as a yield. (more…)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, the political leaders to unite in response to the desire of the Iraqi people, while stressing that the national reconciliation project has contributed to support the political process and install the security and stability, he noted that the government is proceeding to complete the success of this project in order to achieve Full national goals.

said Nuri al-Maliki during a ceremonial central to “on Iraq,” which was held in Baghdad on the occasion of the U.S. withdrawal and attended “Alsumaria News”, “political leaders to unite in response to the desire of the Iraqi people who came out,” adding that “the national reconciliation project contributed to support the political process and install the security and stability. ” Maliki said that “this project, we considered the lifeboat to all Iraqis is a strategic choice continuously helped greatly to strengthen national unity,” adding, “We are involved in the complete success of this project in order to achieve full national goals after it succeeded in uniting the masses of the people. ” (more…)

Saturday, December 31 / 1 December 2011 16:36

New Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq’s commitment to the strategic framework agreement with the United States and the government’s commitment to a project of national reconciliation after 2011.

Maliki said during the ceremony the central occasion [on Iraq], which was held Saturday in the capital Baghdad and attended by a number of officials, dignitaries and tribal elders and a group of citizens that “Iraq has renewed its commitment to the firm and his commitment to the implementation of the strategic framework agreement that was signed with the United States in 2008 because it represents national interest of Iraq, under which after the end of this year to move the relationship between the two countries to cooperate in the political, military, economic, cultural and other projects to achieve common interests and non-interference in internal affairs. ” (more…)

On: Sat 31/12/2011 17:24

Baghdad (news) .. Prime Minister General Commander of the Armed Forces Nuri Kamal al-Maliki during the celebration of the large central, which was held in Baghdad, a label on atheist and the thirtieth of December, which marks the end of the withdrawal of foreign forces from all of Iraq, a national day as “on Iraq.” .

Addressing the Prime Minister, according to his speech, and received the Agency (news) a copy of which on Saturday: the Iraqi people, saying: Blessed are you and you you raise the flag of Iraq on every inch of the soil pure and Taatouhdon under its banner, and Cesedkm this day pride and glory and pride, describing Iraq that is free and you are the masters deserve, and not on the people of Iraq loyal only to maintain the sovereignty, unity and independence.

Maliki said that Iraq was able to get out of several difficult stages, the first dark period of the regime’s dictatorial former Baathist and second, sectarian civil war .. and the third, the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, and the fourth Maamadana strongly by a reconstruction, construction and Ttoiralaguetsad and services.

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The independent Iraqi news agency / Baghdad / p. K … Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday December 31 a national day reflects the U.S. withdrawal from the country, dubbed “on Iraq.”

Maliki said at the ceremony the central occasion of the U.S. withdrawal, which was held in the Hall of the People in central Baghdad in a speech transfer reporter (and the Iraqi news agency, independent) announced today atheist thirty (of December), which marks the end of the withdrawal of all U.S. national day as “day Iraq “. (more…)

Baghdad (CNN) — Television stations in Baghdad are calling it “Iraq Day,” the Saturday deadline for American troops to completely withdraw from the country under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact.

Stations aligned with Sunni and Shiite extremist groups, many of whom attacked U.S. troops, have dubbed it the “Day of Defeating the Occupier” — others have called it the “Day of Fullfillment” or “Day of Evacuation.” (more…)